March 19 LOCS (CDC) Email

Audience: Clinical Laboratory Professionals
Subject: CDC to Convene Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Weekly Calls Beginning on Monday, March 23, 2020 at 3:00 PM ET
Level: Laboratory Advisory

On Monday, March 23, at 3:00 PM ET, CDC’s Division of Laboratory Systems will convene a weekly call with clinical laboratories to discuss the nation’s clinical laboratory response to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This call is the first of a series of weekly calls the division will host to discuss hot topics and to solicit the laboratory community’s questions about the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Calls will take place every Monday at 3:00 PM ET. For Monday’s call, join online or dial in using the Zoom information below.

Please refer to the attached agenda for an outline of our first call. If you have questions you would like to submit for consideration, please email DLSinquiries@cdc.gov in advance or enter them into the chat box in Zoom during the call.

We hope you will join us on Monday. Encourage your clinical laboratory partners and colleagues to join the call as well by sharing this message today.

Please join this call using Zoom: Join Zoom Meeting
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Online Resources:

• CDC's Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS)
• COVID-19 Information for Laboratories
• CDC Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for COVID-19
• CDC Coronavirus (COVID-19) website
• International Air Transport Association (IATA) Dangerous Goods Regulation
• IATA Packing Instructions 650
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If you have any questions, please contact us at LOCS@cdc.gov.